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Published 7 December 2024 at 13.31 Foreign. According to information provided to the French Le Monde, the US is completely against Ukraine's membership in NATO, which has caused disagreement within the alliance. Share the article TwitterShare According to the French newspaper Le Monde European leaders are working to find alternative solutions to strengthen Ukraine's security,…

Published 7 December 2024 at 14.47 Domestic. A ground-breaking mobile mast has been launched in Furusund outside Norrtälje. The mast is designed to be able to maintain mobile coverage for up to 110 days if the electricity grid is knocked out by, for example, nuclear weapons, writes Dagens Industri. Share the article TwittraShare – It's…

Published 7 December 2024 at 16.01 Foreign. Egypt and Jordan call on Syrian President Bashar al Assad to leave Syria and form a government in exile, writes the Wall Street Journal. The countries believe that the government forces' defenses will soon collapse. Share the article TwittraShare The paper also states that Assad's wife and children…

Published 6 December 2024 at 07.41 Foreign. A mysterious flu-like illness has claimed 143 lives in the Congo, most of them young people, the Associated Press reports. But according to the Public Health Agency, there is no reason to be worried as a Swede “at the moment”. Share the article TwittraShare The outbreak is concentrated…

Published 6 December 2024 at 08.10 Domestic. A support demonstration for 84-year-old Elsa, who was raped by an Arab from the domestic service, will be held outside the city hall in Uppsala on Saturday. But the demonstration has faced political opposition from several parties, UNT reports. Share the article TwittraShare Rape by the domestic service…

Published 6 December 2024 at 09.25 Economy. In order to face competition from cryptocurrencies, several central banks are considering launching their own digital currencies, including a Swedish “e-krona”. But Thomas Marmefelt, associate professor of economics, warns that these currencies could lead to increased government control and pose democratic risks. Share the article TwittraShare – Digital…

Published 7 December 2024 at 08.07 Domestic. The Christian Democrats in Stockholm demand an immediate stop to the ongoing construction of Northern Europe's largest mosque in Skärholmen. Share the article TwittraShare Nike Örbrink, group leader of the Christian Democrats in Stockholm, describes the entire project around the building as “remarkable and naive” in a debate…

Published 6 December 2024 at 11.10 Foreign. Russia has been tight-lipped about losses in the ongoing war of invasion in Ukraine, but a senior government official may have accidentally leaked classified information. Share Article TwittraShare Anna Tsiviljova, deputy defense minister and cousin of President Vladimir Putin, told a State Duma meeting in Moscow that 48,000…

Published 6 December 2024 at 12.37 Economy. The trend of working from home has taken tax-funded workplaces by storm. In the United States, only 6 percent of federal employees are on the job full-time, reports the New York Post. And the Swedish Social Insurance Agency is struggling to get its employees to go to work…

Published 6 December 2024 at 13.11 Foreign. A new poll published by the French radio giant Europe 1 shows that 53 percent of French women and 44 percent of men want to stop all immigration – both legal and illegal – without exception. This means that not a single immigrant would be allowed to enter…

Published 6 December 2024 at 14.01 Economy. All electricity grid companies in Sweden must introduce a pricing model with an impact charge, a kind of congestion tax for electricity, by January 1, 2027 at the latest, according to the government. The charge becomes part of the electricity grid cost and can make the electricity bill…

Published 6 December 2024 at 15:38 Domestic. Sweden's official war propaganda has received a facelift. But the new version of the pamphlet “If War Comes”, which has been distributed to 5.2 million households, is already being criticized for being unrealistic and politically correct. Share the article TwittraShare It is about an update of the propaganda…

Published 5 December 2024 at 08.14 Foreign. The French government has collapsed after Prime Minister Michel Barnier lost a vote of no confidence in parliament. It is the first time in 60 years that something like this has happened in the country. Share the article TwittraShare A total of 331 members voted to oust Barnier,…

Published 5 December 2024 at 09.49 Economy. The cryptocurrency bitcoin reached a new historical milestone during the night Swedish time by exceeding 100,000 US dollars in value for the first time. Share the article TwittraShare The rise takes place after that US President-elect Donald Trump nominated Paul Atkins as a candidate for the post of…

Published 5 December 2024 at 11.17 Foreign. A new Amnesty International report released today states that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza with the aim of annihilating them. Share Article TwittraShare The report describes widespread violence and abuses that have taken place since Israel's military offensive began following Hamas attacks on October…

Published 5 December 2024 at 12.40 Domestic. The armed forces carry out water sampling in private wells around Ärna airport to investigate the levels of PFAS in the groundwater. Out of 28 wells examined, the Swedish Food Agency's guideline value for PFAS-21 was exceeded in four cases. Share the article TwitterShare – We have carried…

Published 5 December 2024 at 14.21 Domestic. A Ukrainian truck driver living in Lithuania is now being prosecuted after 3.2 million cigarettes were seized in Karlshamn. Share the article TwittraShare The driver is being prosecuted at the Karlskrona district court for serious illegal movement of goods subject to excise duty. It was a customs officer…

Published 5 December 2024 at 15.46 Foreign. After the American presidential election, several women tell Newsweek that they chose to undergo sterilization in protest against Donald Trump's victory. Others announce that they are now boycotting men entirely. Share the article TwittraShare The women are justifying their decisions with the fear of restrictions on “reproductive rights”…

Published 4 December 2024 at 08.42 Domestic. Swedish Minister Carl-Oskar Bohlin (M) stated on Tuesday that Finnish police investigated new cable crimes in Finland as suspected sabotage. This later turned out to be false – and Finnish police were quickly forced to come out and deny the misinformation. Share the article TwittraShare “We are taking…

Published 4 December 2024 at 10.44 Domestic. Despite the upcoming legal requirement that religious communities must distance themselves from anyone who violates “the equal value of all people” in order to receive grants, the Jewish congregations in Sweden will not distance themselves from Benjamin Netanyahu, who is suspected of crimes against humanity. This is announced…

Published 5 December 2024 at 02.24 Foreign. Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked his Turkish counterpart Erdogan to help stop the advance of Turkish-backed al-Qaeda jihadists in Syria. Share the article TwitterShare Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have discussed the escalating conflict in Syria in a telephone conversation, reports Remix…

Published 4 December 2024 at 11.15 Cultural news. The Danish film star Mads Mikkelsen is now sharply criticizing Sweden and the Swedish film industry. He describes Sweden as “the talented big brother” where filmmakers are forced to slavishly follow the system's ideological rules in order to get the opportunity for state support. Share the article…

Published 4 December 2024 at 13.03 Consumer. A new poll shows that a large majority of the Swedish population wants to ban telephone sales. Share the article TwittraShare According to the survey, carried out by Indikator för Ekot, nearly 75 percent of those questioned state that they are positive about a total ban on all…

Published 4 December 2024 at 14.15 Domestic. The Swedish school is “in free fall”, if the reports are to be believed. However, a new international survey shows that Swedish students are better than the neighboring countries' students in both mathematics and science. But only if you exclude students with an immigrant background. Share the article…